Watch out for this Y Combinator spam.

[epi0Bauqu]

http://twitpic.com/1ziiyx

[AndrewWarner]

You don't even include your email in your hn bio.

The guy must have done a lot of work to find you.

Odd that someone who would put in that much research still doesn't understand that all-caps is a clear tipoff.

[nyef → AndrewWarner]

Like any hackers don't know that Nigeria itself is a dead giveaway :)

[powrtoch → nyef]

Perhaps Nigerian keyboards are CAPS only?

[Tichy → AndrewWarner]

Maybe the mail was in one of those HN excel sheets?

[jackowayed → AndrewWarner]

I've looked at his profile before, and I kind of remember his email being there. He may have removed it due to the spam.

[touqen → jackowayed]

His website (linked to in his profile) has an email address on it.

[ceilingfish]

Is it me, or is actually targetting hackers with a 419 a bit like a buffalo trying to hunt lion?

[CWuestefeld → ceilingfish]

This isn't really a 419. It sounds to me like the guy honestly wants Gabriel's help -- not as a sucker, but genuinely as a partner. He believes that Gabriel has skills that the bad guy can use to steal other people's money.

Of course, he might very well turn around and cut Gabriel out of his cut of the loot, but it looks at this stage like he wants a partner in crime.

[ryanjmo → CWuestefeld]

Really!?! That is exactly what someone doing this would want you to think...

[blaix]

Someone needs to update Nigeria's Wikipedia page to list spam as its major export.

[chasingsparks]

How many people have actually received this?

[nailer]

It's almost too subtle.